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we all know john boehner. john boehner's a deal maker. i didn't -- i liked him personally, but i never trusted him in congress because, you know, he liked making deals. that's what we need right now. the president can only push him so far. or he loses his caucus. and this is not about john boehner kicking and screaming. this is about him knowing what he can deliver. >> i understand that. john boehner has, and eric cantor and a paul ryan problem, he's got to keep them on board as his key guys. he can only go so far. i would guess that they're the ones holding the pen when he wrote, "i will not raise rates" in that letter he sent to president obama. but the problem is, we can agree or disagree with the president's position. i honestly take the president at his word. i do not believe there will be a deal here without some increase in tax rates for the top 2%. it doesn't have to be all of it, but some of it. i think the president has changed his tune a bit from the way he's handled some of these other negotiations. and take everything you say
we all know john boehner. john boehner's a deal maker. i didn't -- i liked him personally, but i never trusted him in congress because, you know, he liked making deals. that's what we need right now. the president can only push him so far. or he loses his caucus. and this is not about john boehner kicking and screaming. this is about him knowing what he can deliver. >> i understand that. john boehner has, and eric cantor and a paul ryan problem, he's got to keep them on board as his key...
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the president and john boehner's relationship. john boehner now, when he walks back to hc-5 and he has that meeting with a republican caucus that he's having to drag to the table to bring -- generate new revenue. he now goes back, and boehner faces a very angry caucus. tom cole came out and said, hey, let's go ahead and raise taxes. that was remarkable. eric cantor on this show said, we have to raise additional revenue. republicans have stepped forward and said that. if i were a sitting member of congress right now, a guy on this show who has said for years we have to make a deal, my response to john boehner would be very simple. just stop talking to him. don't talk to them until they make a serious offer. just don't. because this is, after all, a party that's been running the u.s. senate for years, and they've never produced a budget. if they want to offer us something serious, great. if not, well, we'll just sit back and wait. really, i've got to say, i'm really stunned by what happened yesterday, mark. tell us why it happened t
the president and john boehner's relationship. john boehner now, when he walks back to hc-5 and he has that meeting with a republican caucus that he's having to drag to the table to bring -- generate new revenue. he now goes back, and boehner faces a very angry caucus. tom cole came out and said, hey, let's go ahead and raise taxes. that was remarkable. eric cantor on this show said, we have to raise additional revenue. republicans have stepped forward and said that. if i were a sitting member...
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how did the dynamics change for john boehner? do you agree that he is more empowered two years later to go back to his caucus and strike a deal? >> reporter: i assume he is, but i don't know if he can do it. and that's a great -- you know, i think the next three months are going to be fascinating to watch. does boehner have the guts to go and bring a compromise deal to the house floor that won't get a majority of his republican conference? can he -- does he have the guts to do that if the senate comes up with a compromise that gets 65 votes, gets 10 republicans on board, does he have the guts to do something like that? i don't know. i mean, you know, another part of this republican hand wringing that i'm surprised we're not hearing about is, you know, a lot of the reasons why, for instance, republicans lost senate seats, didn't gain them, but lost them. forget what happened two years ago in 2010 when they didn't win as many as they could have. they lost senate seats, which is still the biggest surprise, i think, of this election.
how did the dynamics change for john boehner? do you agree that he is more empowered two years later to go back to his caucus and strike a deal? >> reporter: i assume he is, but i don't know if he can do it. and that's a great -- you know, i think the next three months are going to be fascinating to watch. does boehner have the guts to go and bring a compromise deal to the house floor that won't get a majority of his republican conference? can he -- does he have the guts to do that if the...
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they are speaking as one with john boehner. so that's, i think, the big difference is that boehner, cantor, mccarthy, throw paul ryan in there, this is a quartet that is moving as one, negotiating as one. there's no, none of this looking over the shoulder. on the leadership side, it's a much different story. yes, it really depends on how you want to try to view it. can you find more rank-and-file conservative republicans who are sort of not in the circle? yes. to complain. but there's no -- there's no alternative. >> bob, you, yesterday, shadowed grover norquist for quite some time. you went to the meeting, his wednesday meeting. >> that's right. >> he has all the time with some of the most powerful conservatives in d.c. and across the country attending. what was their attitude about any deal that boehner might have to make? >> it's pretty interesting when you talk to house republicans because they look at boehner from two different perspectives. on one side, boehner went in front of the house conference and he said, i'm not go
they are speaking as one with john boehner. so that's, i think, the big difference is that boehner, cantor, mccarthy, throw paul ryan in there, this is a quartet that is moving as one, negotiating as one. there's no, none of this looking over the shoulder. on the leadership side, it's a much different story. yes, it really depends on how you want to try to view it. can you find more rank-and-file conservative republicans who are sort of not in the circle? yes. to complain. but there's no --...
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john boehner asked to go one on one. the president said sure. these are -- i think these are really positive developments. >> yeah, i hope and i believe that to be the case. look, i don't think anybody wants to go over the cliff. and there are reasonable answers to this. there are much more complicated problems than this problem. >> right. >> and everyone knows sort of the parameters of the answer and the question is whether we can get there. >> pretty close. and also, we've got both sides talking about -- john boehner said this a day or two ago, i thought it was telling -- he said all of our money is going to come from the rich as far as the taxes go. they're, of course, not talking about raising the rates or trying to close loopholes. >> we have to resolve that question. >> right, it's a big question to be resolved, but at least both sides are talking about taking money from the same pocket. >> we're obviously light years ahead of where we were before the election. elections have consequences. that's the great thing about democracy. and i thin
john boehner asked to go one on one. the president said sure. these are -- i think these are really positive developments. >> yeah, i hope and i believe that to be the case. look, i don't think anybody wants to go over the cliff. and there are reasonable answers to this. there are much more complicated problems than this problem. >> right. >> and everyone knows sort of the parameters of the answer and the question is whether we can get there. >> pretty close. and also,...
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john boehner, sorry, you had me for a week or two. so i understand exactly what you're saying. too many commentators, myself included, we think there's a big election result and that all these branches move in unison. these republicans, at some point, two, three weeks from now are going to be rising up. >> you just said what i wanted to say better. i think that's exactly right. everybody else in the system has a different kind of clock than obama. and if the president -- every day that passes, the president loses, i think, the potential for leverage. >> so we agree. >> we agree. >> i disagree about one thing. i think there's a reasonably good chance that we'll have a big deal. by the time we get to the spring, we might not have that big deal between now and january 1st, but whether we would have a small deal as paving the way toward the big deal or whether we kick the can in such a way as to give us enough time to get to a big deal, i their there's a reasonable chance we'll look up in march or april and have something like they were t
john boehner, sorry, you had me for a week or two. so i understand exactly what you're saying. too many commentators, myself included, we think there's a big election result and that all these branches move in unison. these republicans, at some point, two, three weeks from now are going to be rising up. >> you just said what i wanted to say better. i think that's exactly right. everybody else in the system has a different kind of clock than obama. and if the president -- every day that...
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and boehner who, by the way, the best thing to happen to john boehner yesterday was tom cole because for the first time boehner gets to be the middle ground in the house republican conference, right? he's got the guys to his right who want him to do nothing. but now he's finally got people on his left. that hadn't existed before. the boehner folks won't publicly admit it at all, but yesterday was a good day for john boehner to cut a deal that perhaps will be a deal that doesn't have him having to go to the floor with a majority of the majority, joe. >> i absolutely love the posing and the positioning as both sides are playing for the base of their own parties. i'm wondering if john boehner and barack obama got together, had their short conversation and say hey, why don't we characterize this as a curt, short, curt conversation. that will help you with your people. that will help -- didn't you love that? you know, we hear they talked, and they had a curt conversation. >> reporter: yeah. there is truth to that. >> exactly what both sides wanted to hear. >> reporter: no, there is truth
and boehner who, by the way, the best thing to happen to john boehner yesterday was tom cole because for the first time boehner gets to be the middle ground in the house republican conference, right? he's got the guys to his right who want him to do nothing. but now he's finally got people on his left. that hadn't existed before. the boehner folks won't publicly admit it at all, but yesterday was a good day for john boehner to cut a deal that perhaps will be a deal that doesn't have him having...
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you see what nancy pelosi said, what john boehner has been saying. then you go back to the president's press conference taking a pretty tough decisive tone on susan rice and then you look at what's happening and also his position on the tax increases. take all of that together, it looks like more of the same. do you sense and from your reporting are we just having people circle each other or are their feet in stone? >> i think there's still some areas where people can get to the right place. the two things i keep thinking about is the business community, i think, what steve says is exactly right. it seems like from the outside, what they want more than anything is certainty. it's not just moment to moment. it's minute to minute. it's crisis to crisis. and that is an atmosphere that's not conclusive towards optimal economic activity. this notion of trying to get to long-term stability but not having short-term austerity measures would be too depressed on consumer activity seems like where we need to end up and a lot of pressure from republicans to the
you see what nancy pelosi said, what john boehner has been saying. then you go back to the president's press conference taking a pretty tough decisive tone on susan rice and then you look at what's happening and also his position on the tax increases. take all of that together, it looks like more of the same. do you sense and from your reporting are we just having people circle each other or are their feet in stone? >> i think there's still some areas where people can get to the right...
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john boehner's got to make a decision. is he going to put a majority of members on an agreement, democrats and republicans together, or will he bring nothing to the floor unless he has a majority of republicans? if it's the latter, it's going to be harder to get to a deal. he can take 150 democrats and 75 or 80 or 90 republicans and get a deal more quickly than he can take a majority of his caucus. and that's really his role in leadership, what's he going to do there. i heard you talking about the "lincoln" movie a while ago. that's the kind of leadership speaker boehner will need to show, and i think he eventually will. it's less a fiscal cliff than it is a slide or an incline plane or whatever. but i think that, you know, soon after the 1st, if we haven't done it by then when all the tax rates go and all the changes happen, we get serious and something happens, and i think speaker boehner will be part of it. that's why i'm generally optimistic within the next month if not within the next few weeks. >> i hope so. senator
john boehner's got to make a decision. is he going to put a majority of members on an agreement, democrats and republicans together, or will he bring nothing to the floor unless he has a majority of republicans? if it's the latter, it's going to be harder to get to a deal. he can take 150 democrats and 75 or 80 or 90 republicans and get a deal more quickly than he can take a majority of his caucus. and that's really his role in leadership, what's he going to do there. i heard you talking about...
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let me underline again. >> yeah. >> john boehner's counter offer was pathetic. even the tea party groups are saying the counter offer was pathetic. this republican party in the house better show courage or it's going to be voted out of power two years from now. i want to see, at least, if you're not going to offer new revenue, you better offer a lot of cuts and they're doing neither. so you've got to blame both sides, but there's only one president. >> the president's going to have to do something big, i think, to get this done. he's not -- he's more power and sway than a lot of people including i thought he would have coming out of the election. issues like entitlement reform and new revenue, but he's going to have to do something big. there's been a four-year course of he doesn't get along with either party, doesn't make the kind of effort you're talking about. i don't think there's any doubt he's going to, particularly john boehner, find some human interconnection moment that says we're doing this. and that's when the tough part starts. because once there's a
let me underline again. >> yeah. >> john boehner's counter offer was pathetic. even the tea party groups are saying the counter offer was pathetic. this republican party in the house better show courage or it's going to be voted out of power two years from now. i want to see, at least, if you're not going to offer new revenue, you better offer a lot of cuts and they're doing neither. so you've got to blame both sides, but there's only one president. >> the president's going to...
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when john boehner moved to $1 million, we're going to raise taxes on millionaires. that was chuck schumer's position a year ago. this is significant movement. and suddenly the white house is waiting for a return call, and the next thing they know, boehner's out talking about plan b. >> but it looks like boehner has to run a test in the house to show that he's got all of these -- that he can hold republicans on the issue of actually raising taxes on people. >> that's exactly is. >> this is a dry run, presumably -- and this is an immense complication in this -- there's no trust between both sides here. and so i -- >> you can't get to trust if you're putting plans out to the press before you actually go to the person you're negotiating with. and kelly o'donnell, isn't that's what's happened again with plan b? they keep doing this. >> i don't doubt that speaker boehner probably told the president he was going to do this because it is a step required to get a deal done. i think when you see how close they actually are, people should feel somewhat comfortable about that.
when john boehner moved to $1 million, we're going to raise taxes on millionaires. that was chuck schumer's position a year ago. this is significant movement. and suddenly the white house is waiting for a return call, and the next thing they know, boehner's out talking about plan b. >> but it looks like boehner has to run a test in the house to show that he's got all of these -- that he can hold republicans on the issue of actually raising taxes on people. >> that's exactly is....
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the house will be controlled by john boehner so it is divided. it's the idea that if they go home for christmas break, if they go over the cliff and if they do invest in the debt ceiling, people will get spooked because you hear stories about social security recipients and facing the checks in government. unemployment insurance dried up and payroll tax cuts. the paycheck will show that more is taken out for the tax. that will in turn cause the type of pressure on the new income in congress. it's interesting that we have the same with k. bailey hutchinson. what's gotten her is fleethat t will go home and obama will introduce his own package and they have nothing to do but accept it. or they get blamed for everything. >> can you recall a time in your life and your politics, a couple of years at least, a comparable level of incompetence in washington. >> the last four years. i spent some of the time over the holidays for my since reading about this. my overall reaction is groundhog day. it's the same issues. some of the same players and the same que
the house will be controlled by john boehner so it is divided. it's the idea that if they go home for christmas break, if they go over the cliff and if they do invest in the debt ceiling, people will get spooked because you hear stories about social security recipients and facing the checks in government. unemployment insurance dried up and payroll tax cuts. the paycheck will show that more is taken out for the tax. that will in turn cause the type of pressure on the new income in congress....
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so, steve schmidt, john boehner says we are going to have another showdown. like deja vu all over again. >> here we go again. >> he is talking in front of the peterson foundation, and says the next time the debt ceiling comes up, they're not going to raise taxes. and they are going to shut down the government, if it's required. listen, this is john boehner last night. >> when the time comes, i will again insist on my simple principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt limit increase. this is the only avenue i see right now to force the elected leadership of this country to solve our structural fiscal imbalance. we can make the bold reforms and cuts necessary to meet this principle. and i believe that we must. so just so we're all clear, i'm talking about real cuts, and real reforms. not tricks and gimmicks that have given washington a pass on grappling with the spending problem. >> american people have had enough of this brinksmanship. they want us to get things done. and it's pretty clear to me that the tea party direction of the republican party is d
so, steve schmidt, john boehner says we are going to have another showdown. like deja vu all over again. >> here we go again. >> he is talking in front of the peterson foundation, and says the next time the debt ceiling comes up, they're not going to raise taxes. and they are going to shut down the government, if it's required. listen, this is john boehner last night. >> when the time comes, i will again insist on my simple principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt...
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. >> this is a real test not only for john boehner but for eric cantor. eric has a lot of decisions to make to be trying to outflank john boehner on the right? john boehner is trying to do a a has gone democratic two times in a row. >> i don'tound pessimistic because i want to agree with tom but what about the opposite of what he is saying is true what if there's a certain entrenchment, more politics and that view what's prevailed. the tea party sentiment is not going away it speaks to the choice eric cantor represents and that he has otiate as of the house. that insurgency could co,1ntinue. ted ted cruis is now senator-eling of a status quo electiere leadership matters. what did the president say last night? way. i want romney -- i want to meet with romney and see can work together. that's the tone. >> that is the tone and i will say you look at the candidates who have)acÑ won and lost last nigh fact a lot of house republicans, john boehner being speaker again, i don't know that it's about ideology4 as idiocy. i love this quote. we're debating about wh
. >> this is a real test not only for john boehner but for eric cantor. eric has a lot of decisions to make to be trying to outflank john boehner on the right? john boehner is trying to do a a has gone democratic two times in a row. >> i don'tound pessimistic because i want to agree with tom but what about the opposite of what he is saying is true what if there's a certain entrenchment, more politics and that view what's prevailed. the tea party sentiment is not going away it speaks...
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right now, actually, john boehner's in a difficult position. it's not like he caved -- it's not like he held a really strong line against president obama last year, spending continued to explode upward. >> yeah, joe, i don't disagree with you, nor do i think anybody here would disagree with you on the inside baseball of what's going on with the house republican party. but in the larger picture, out in the wacampaign trail, a whol lot of people aren't sitting around saying i wonder if they're going to add another $1 trillion to the deficit down the road. they're thinking about what's happening with my job, what's happening with my mortgage? it's the now that has frozen the republican party because encompassed in that definition of now is as major garrett pointed out, what happened in the house over the last year. >> right. >> with no, we're not going to pay our bills all last summer. then the payroll tax credit for november and december. and thinking this is the gang that can't shoot straight led by cowboy john boehner. >> that was found in flor
right now, actually, john boehner's in a difficult position. it's not like he caved -- it's not like he held a really strong line against president obama last year, spending continued to explode upward. >> yeah, joe, i don't disagree with you, nor do i think anybody here would disagree with you on the inside baseball of what's going on with the house republican party. but in the larger picture, out in the wacampaign trail, a whol lot of people aren't sitting around saying i wonder if...
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. >> what do you think about john boehn boehner's plan? >> the million dollar level, i'd take it and it seems reasonable actually. it cuts out the argument about the between 250 and a million and whether or not that's fair begin this economy. i'd take it. >> you know, the president, steve ratner, jumped up to 400,000 and boehner is at $1 million. do you get the sense they're moving closer together? john boehner is talking about a plan b, but that's a negotiating tactic. >> i think yes and no. i think we don't completely know. on the one hand plan b ironically was a democratic plan when they called on congress to go ahead and pass the fax extension so you didn't have a tax increase on 98% of americans. they're doing that. remember if we go down this plan b route, it gets messy. we sort out the tax thing up front. that's done. the spending cuts, the automatic spending cuts and sequestration goes into effect on january 1. that's kind of messy because they're very ham-hanlded and they're very across the board. then what the republicans would d
. >> what do you think about john boehn boehner's plan? >> the million dollar level, i'd take it and it seems reasonable actually. it cuts out the argument about the between 250 and a million and whether or not that's fair begin this economy. i'd take it. >> you know, the president, steve ratner, jumped up to 400,000 and boehner is at $1 million. do you get the sense they're moving closer together? john boehner is talking about a plan b, but that's a negotiating tactic....
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he's giving money to a pact run by john boehner. he's going to help republicans, foster freeze who poured money into santorum is going to give money to romney. this gives democrats a new target. it's a huge relief here in washington where ann romney did her first solo fund-raiser last night. it was a huge hit. this is another area she'll be a weapon for that. >> wasn't this inevitable all along? the man has a shot at unseating president obama. >> it wasn't because it got really personal. the gingrich/santorum campaign got nasty against romney. the fact they are backing an established candidate means we are going to have this sort of fiscal evenness they expected. >> all right. mike allen with a look inside the political playbook. thanks so much. >>> we are not even two weeks into the season, red sox manager, bobby valentine started a feud with one of the most beloved players. it's on. with the spark miles card from capital one, thor's couture gets the most rewards of any small business credit card. [ garth ] thor's small business ea
he's giving money to a pact run by john boehner. he's going to help republicans, foster freeze who poured money into santorum is going to give money to romney. this gives democrats a new target. it's a huge relief here in washington where ann romney did her first solo fund-raiser last night. it was a huge hit. this is another area she'll be a weapon for that. >> wasn't this inevitable all along? the man has a shot at unseating president obama. >> it wasn't because it got really...
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tim geithner, the treasury secretary, is in the book repeatedly running around saying, as john boehner says, fire! fire! we can't keep on this spending binge. and we have got a spending addiction. and the conclusion, unfortunately, here is in all the deal making, last year they pushed all the problems to 2013, after the election. and they're literally, in 3 1/2 years of the obama presidency, no spending cuts, no tax increases. you know, just off to 2013. well, there is an op-ed piece in "the wall street journal" by george schultz and other economists making the point, we are handing the next government, whether it's obama, romney, another treasury secretary, a problem that is literally unmanageable unless the people in congress and the white house are going to get serious about making some painful compromises. >> so to your point, you bring up bill clinton as being so successful at being able to do this, but there are some certainly problems and pitfalls that come with that. there was a piece -- i won't read it -- but in "the new york times" this sunday about leaders and whether or not
tim geithner, the treasury secretary, is in the book repeatedly running around saying, as john boehner says, fire! fire! we can't keep on this spending binge. and we have got a spending addiction. and the conclusion, unfortunately, here is in all the deal making, last year they pushed all the problems to 2013, after the election. and they're literally, in 3 1/2 years of the obama presidency, no spending cuts, no tax increases. you know, just off to 2013. well, there is an op-ed piece in...
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boehner. >> and by the way, john boehner is talking about having to get the majority of a majority on tax issues. he's not going to get a majority of majority on debt raising. >> much harder on the debt ceiling than taxes. >> that's what i'm saying. i refuse to vote to raise a debt ceiling when they were trying to raise it to $5 trillion. it's something you don't do unless you get a lot of cuts on the other side. >> and it's not a game. because if you don't raise it, we saw what happened last time, you can get your debt downgraded and has real economic consequenc consequences. and that's why when people think about the fiscal cliff, we all assume that sane minds will prevail and they'll come up with some deal. there's no guarantee that sane minds will prevail. and recent history would suggest that sanity almost never prevails in washington. so you can assume it's going to be more difficult than we think. you can assume that the bush tax cuts might all go away for a short period of time. and you cannot assume they just raise the debt limit. you cannot make that assumption. >> are the p
boehner. >> and by the way, john boehner is talking about having to get the majority of a majority on tax issues. he's not going to get a majority of majority on debt raising. >> much harder on the debt ceiling than taxes. >> that's what i'm saying. i refuse to vote to raise a debt ceiling when they were trying to raise it to $5 trillion. it's something you don't do unless you get a lot of cuts on the other side. >> and it's not a game. because if you don't raise it, we...
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he's talking to john boehner now and we're all better off because of it. >> he's still going out and talking to the people with his message. my point is congress will deal with this fiscal mess one way or another. if they get it done, it will be a great accomplishment for everybody. we may get immigration reform since republicans seem to now want immigration reform. i'm not sure what else you can get from congress in this atmosphere. what i worry about obama in the second term is not arrogance and complacency, all that may be true. i wonder what you may get done with congress still in a state of gridlock. >> this is the biggest fear of republicans we cut a deal in the short term on fiscal cliff without any real spending reform or tax reform and won't have enough time or political will to get the real reforms that need to take place and republicans raise taxes and get no spending cuts. >> that's the biggest fear of democrats we don't deal with thi this. >> eugene, we were showing the tape of harry reid. we write, republicans must wise up. the biggest problem the republican party faces
he's talking to john boehner now and we're all better off because of it. >> he's still going out and talking to the people with his message. my point is congress will deal with this fiscal mess one way or another. if they get it done, it will be a great accomplishment for everybody. we may get immigration reform since republicans seem to now want immigration reform. i'm not sure what else you can get from congress in this atmosphere. what i worry about obama in the second term is not...
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you're losing ten points in john boehner's home state, john boehner's going to be concerned, for good reason. and what about mitch? mitch wants to be majority leader. and he has a chance. so yeah. mika. by the way, wasn't it great seeing bill clinton again yesterday? >> it was a very nice interview. i thought you both were very well behaved. you really like each other. it's unbelievable sometimes when they get together. it was good. he was good. don't you think? >> i thought it was great. >> i like the clinton global ni initiative a lot, what they do. >> great stuff. >> it was fun. great to be over there. tony blair was fantastic. guess who we have coming up. >> who's that? >> former british prime minister gordon brown. >> no way. >> it continues. and get this, sheila bair comes to the table. her new become on the financial crisis has some stinging words for treasury secretary tim geithner. also, award-winning presidential historian evan thomas will take us inside his new book on dwight eisenhower. and from the new nbc show "guys with kids," actor anthony anderson will be here. >>> an
you're losing ten points in john boehner's home state, john boehner's going to be concerned, for good reason. and what about mitch? mitch wants to be majority leader. and he has a chance. so yeah. mika. by the way, wasn't it great seeing bill clinton again yesterday? >> it was a very nice interview. i thought you both were very well behaved. you really like each other. it's unbelievable sometimes when they get together. it was good. he was good. don't you think? >> i thought it was...
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why do you, if you're john boehner and you want to avoid the fiscal cliff, why do you beat up the guy that you're going to be negotiating with later in the day? >> it's kind of awkward. >> how does that help? in fact, i'm going to start e-mailing people, see if the president gave him a pass. that's ridiculous. that's not how you do it if you want to avert the fiscal cliff. maybe the president said, we'll play good cop/bad cop. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi weighed in on the negotiations, taking one important area of medicare off the table. >> don't even think about raising the medicare age. we are not throwing america's seniors over the cliff to give a tax cut to the wealthiest people in america. we have clarity on that. >> see, now, that doesn't work either. >> that's not clarity. >> i don't think that works. >> you're talking about, by raising taxes on the rich, let's say they raise taxes 39.6%. 39.6%, richard wolffe. >> yes. >> you raise $80 billion a year. >> hey, that's not chump change there. >> okay, but it's not even -- >> you know where i'm going here. that pays for e
why do you, if you're john boehner and you want to avoid the fiscal cliff, why do you beat up the guy that you're going to be negotiating with later in the day? >> it's kind of awkward. >> how does that help? in fact, i'm going to start e-mailing people, see if the president gave him a pass. that's ridiculous. that's not how you do it if you want to avert the fiscal cliff. maybe the president said, we'll play good cop/bad cop. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi weighed in...
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>> we're getting news out of a tuesday meeting led by john boehner, a closed door meeting with fellow republicans. when the court does give its ruling, we'll be ready. there's a two-pronged approach. if the court upholds the health care law, the republicans will take to the floor and hack away at the law piece by piece. the most unpopular provisions like the individual mandate. if the law is partially upmeld, they take to the house to bring up a lot of health care provisions that were popular, such as parents being able to keep their children on their plans until age 26. they don't necessarily want to be seen as completely insensitive to a very serious issue. some republicans say you have to be a little bit careful in how they handle this. number one, they don't want to be seen as incensensitive to th issues of health care. number two, there's bait of health care fatigue about this debate. we have the third year on this. sure, it is an economic issues, butt most voters think about jobs, jobs, jobs and not health care. john boehner is saying this is an aggressive debate all throughout
>> we're getting news out of a tuesday meeting led by john boehner, a closed door meeting with fellow republicans. when the court does give its ruling, we'll be ready. there's a two-pronged approach. if the court upholds the health care law, the republicans will take to the floor and hack away at the law piece by piece. the most unpopular provisions like the individual mandate. if the law is partially upmeld, they take to the house to bring up a lot of health care provisions that were...
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>> i think after the bungts deal fell apart, the grand bargain with john boehner and they decided to spend the last year drawing contrast with the other party. my criticism of the president in the debate and the reason i didn't give him a higher grade is because he wasn't specific and dealing with people in the president's campaign who criticized the relatively low grade for a guy who won, i said name what he said that was specific. in the debate, he said, i need another term to keep doing what i did in the first term. and a lot of americans think the first term was not perfect, to say the least. >> right. >> he's not specific. and to go back to what steve said, neither of them talking about sacrifice. we're going to need some sacrifice. and while that's not politically popular, i think americans would like a conversation like that. we talk about that all the time here. people want specifics. it's not just something to say. it's true. and the thing i worry about most is in three weeks is either of them going to have a mandate to do anything? >> no. no, they're not. >> and that's goin
>> i think after the bungts deal fell apart, the grand bargain with john boehner and they decided to spend the last year drawing contrast with the other party. my criticism of the president in the debate and the reason i didn't give him a higher grade is because he wasn't specific and dealing with people in the president's campaign who criticized the relatively low grade for a guy who won, i said name what he said that was specific. in the debate, he said, i need another term to keep...
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john boehner didn't want to move that bill. romney came out in support of it, boehner scheduled a vote. there are a lot of house democrats that are not really enamored with the president, but i think they've been coming together, they know what's at stake. but i think the coordination between romney and congressional republicans is fairly strong. >> they're actually closer. isn't that fascinating? >> isn't it? it is. >> you go to the hill and talk to democrats, as we do an awful lot on the hill, there seems to be a real frustration with the obama white house. how many times, mika, did we hear in all the meetings we had over the past year of democrats saying, they don't get it. >> yeah. >> there was one democrat i talked to privately who said, i can't stand them. this is a democrat talking about the president. he just doesn't call them. >> he doesn't. and the only reason we bring that up is, like you said, the coordination is so critical. bill clinton -- >> a lot of disconnects. >> but i think earlier to your three ms, that mana
john boehner didn't want to move that bill. romney came out in support of it, boehner scheduled a vote. there are a lot of house democrats that are not really enamored with the president, but i think they've been coming together, they know what's at stake. but i think the coordination between romney and congressional republicans is fairly strong. >> they're actually closer. isn't that fascinating? >> isn't it? it is. >> you go to the hill and talk to democrats, as we do an...
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. >> can he do what he appears to be doing right now with john boehner? and that is upsetting a lot of people in his own base for the betterment of their party by saying we're going to raise it from $250,000 to maybe $500,000, go after entitlements and do it for the best interests of the country. >> he is a pragmatist. the first two years, it was such a strained situation. when we talked to him on wednesday, everything he said was about -- he wasn't saying government has to be bigger. government has to be smarter. government has to be better. it was like the lincoln line. this is a fantastic picture, by the way. >> that is adorable. >> joe, that's one of the pictures i was talking about. >> you're letting us know, these are all exclusive to "morning joe." >> they're exclusive to "time" and "morning joe." apparently on the night that obama was -- gave his wonderful speech in newtown was the night that malia was in the nutcracker suite, and he wasn't able to see it. so he went over to the school in the afternoon to watch the last dress rehearsal. and there'
. >> can he do what he appears to be doing right now with john boehner? and that is upsetting a lot of people in his own base for the betterment of their party by saying we're going to raise it from $250,000 to maybe $500,000, go after entitlements and do it for the best interests of the country. >> he is a pragmatist. the first two years, it was such a strained situation. when we talked to him on wednesday, everything he said was about -- he wasn't saying government has to be...
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john boehner doesn't have that authority. he's the tail being wagged by the tea party dog. >> is that the weakness of boehner or the strength of the tea party? >> it's both. the dynamics of the republican party at this point in time. >> also some of the independent players unlike the days of tip o'neal. you can raise all the money you need online. if you are michele bachmann, she raised like $12 million online. >> who was the eric kantor of tip o'neal? there wasn't one. he was in charge and nobody conspired to stab stab him in the back. they used the revolt against the party in general. nothing like that. they could make a deal and reagan could make a deal and be sure the republicans could come after him. >> compare barack obama to bill clinton, a topic that you know a great deal about. you are writing a book about president clinton. compare the two reactions to terrible political setbacks? >> they are similar in a lot of ways. in the lame duck session, i don't know that you would compare what obama did in the lame duck to al
john boehner doesn't have that authority. he's the tail being wagged by the tea party dog. >> is that the weakness of boehner or the strength of the tea party? >> it's both. the dynamics of the republican party at this point in time. >> also some of the independent players unlike the days of tip o'neal. you can raise all the money you need online. if you are michele bachmann, she raised like $12 million online. >> who was the eric kantor of tip o'neal? there wasn't one....
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we heard words from john boehner. we'll see if it's followed by action. we're talking about we're ready to sit down and make a deal. we'll follow your lead, mr. president. we want to bring in mike allen down in "politico's" newsroom. good morning. >> good morning, guys. >> there have been a lot of grand claims and proclamations over the past 36 hours. the republican party's dead. they can't recover. they've lost latinos forever. texas is a swing state now. put it in a little perspective for us. how bad are things at this moment? >> well, republicans recognize that things are really bad, as we've heard from the conversation here. they think that it's in freefall, and there's so many different parts that all have problems. you've talked about the demographic problems, this problem with the donors who gave a billion dollars, the outside group structure is clearly broken. >> that didn't work well. >> no, and i'll tell that you donors are angry about it. and somebody told me yesterday, donors -- and joe, you'll appreciate this -- donors are scorekeepers. and f
we heard words from john boehner. we'll see if it's followed by action. we're talking about we're ready to sit down and make a deal. we'll follow your lead, mr. president. we want to bring in mike allen down in "politico's" newsroom. good morning. >> good morning, guys. >> there have been a lot of grand claims and proclamations over the past 36 hours. the republican party's dead. they can't recover. they've lost latinos forever. texas is a swing state now. put it in a...
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what's different is that john boehner could not take his own leadership, never mind his own party with him. the question is whether the dynamic in the republican party changes. why would that change, even if they lose this time around. >> you know why it would change? because the guy and women on wall street, say to him, you know what, the economy is going to go up, the bond traders are going to turn on the dollar, things are going to get ugly fast. at some point katty, reality has to set in. >> when it comes to the fiscal cliff that's something they will manage to get fixed in the first three months of next year. when it comes to the bigger things that america needs to do whether where there is going have to be compromise on entitlement reform even if mitt romney gets elected is he going to make the cuts he said he's going to make if he doesn't have the democrats on side? it's hard to see how politically he's going to do that or either side to do that. listen, the days of bill clinton in some era when they had this great compromise, they got a couple things done. it was also the time
what's different is that john boehner could not take his own leadership, never mind his own party with him. the question is whether the dynamic in the republican party changes. why would that change, even if they lose this time around. >> you know why it would change? because the guy and women on wall street, say to him, you know what, the economy is going to go up, the bond traders are going to turn on the dollar, things are going to get ugly fast. at some point katty, reality has to set...
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. >> the woman who makes george hamilton and john boehner look downright pasty drew a strong rebuke even from noted jersey bronzing enthusiast snooki, who stepped forward as the voice of responsible tanning. saying, quote, that [ bleep ] crazy. end quote. >> two coats? jesus. >>> at number two, don't feed the animals. just a few months after a 3-year-old became a web sensation by staring down a lion through the plexiglas at a zoo, a lioness at the oregon zoo in portland saw an afternoon snack in a 1-year-old perched for a family photo. >> jack, look behind you. >> zoo keepers say the kid's striped jacket probably made him look to the mama lion like a tasty baby zebra. or as the president might say -- iecht delicious. >>> and the number one story of the week -- >> in the predawn darkness of afghanistan, we can see the light on a new horizon. >> president obama made a surprise visit to garbaafghanis this week on the one-year anniversary of osama bin laden, an anniversary that the republicans accused him of celebrating a bit too loudly. >> the thing about heroes, they don't brag. >> mitt ro
. >> the woman who makes george hamilton and john boehner look downright pasty drew a strong rebuke even from noted jersey bronzing enthusiast snooki, who stepped forward as the voice of responsible tanning. saying, quote, that [ bleep ] crazy. end quote. >> two coats? jesus. >>> at number two, don't feed the animals. just a few months after a 3-year-old became a web sensation by staring down a lion through the plexiglas at a zoo, a lioness at the oregon zoo in portland saw...
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>> house speaker john boehner issued a statement, quote, saying the white house decision to invoke executive privilege implies that white house officials were either involved in the fast and furious operation or the cover-up that followed. the administration has always insisted that wasn't the case. were they lying or are they now bending the law to hide the truth? this is president obama's first use of executive privilege. president george w. bush had six, president clinton exceeded all modern presidents with 14, in 2007, then senator obama criticized the bush administration for using executive privilege to protect adviser karl rove from ke testifying about the firing of nine federal prosecutors. remember that. >> there's been a tendency on the part of this administration to try to hide behind executive privilege every time there's something a little shaky that's taking place. and i think, you know, the administration would be best served by coming clean on this. >> yeah. >> the entire house will convene to vote on holder next week. if holder is found in contempt he would be the first u.s.
>> house speaker john boehner issued a statement, quote, saying the white house decision to invoke executive privilege implies that white house officials were either involved in the fast and furious operation or the cover-up that followed. the administration has always insisted that wasn't the case. were they lying or are they now bending the law to hide the truth? this is president obama's first use of executive privilege. president george w. bush had six, president clinton exceeded all...
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can john boehner control the tea party? can mitch mcconnell protect his right flank? thank you very much. >> by the way, he's got to, i guess. he's got an election coming up himself. >> and he had a tough re-election. remember, he had to run six years ago right after the auto bailouts, had a tougher election than he wanted. >>> still ahead, new jersey governor chris christie joins the set. also actor bradley cooper will be here. next, senator saxby chambliss and andrea mitchell. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 after that, it's on to germany. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 then tonight, i'm trading 9500 miles away in japan. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 with the new global account from schwab, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i hunt down opport
can john boehner control the tea party? can mitch mcconnell protect his right flank? thank you very much. >> by the way, he's got to, i guess. he's got an election coming up himself. >> and he had a tough re-election. remember, he had to run six years ago right after the auto bailouts, had a tougher election than he wanted. >>> still ahead, new jersey governor chris christie joins the set. also actor bradley cooper will be here. next, senator saxby chambliss and andrea...
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john boehner said his favorite part is we hold these truths to be self-evident. don't laugh, sir. exactly. precisely right. i had huge blind spottings. if you drilled befome before th started the project, i would probably agree if you told me the constitution say it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. what i have done here in bringing light to the constitution, people will look back at the actual constitution, see what it actually says, so the next time they might know it. >> underneath the humor rous laughs, there's actually a good point. >> is there? >> i leave it to you. >> come on. >> geek mode. >> geek moment. >> that's chapter 12. >> the constitution is treated like a holy document. it's sited in speeches. yet i think you make a very good point. maybe it's time to have a look at parts of it and say is this actually what people need for the modern era for rebuilding america. >> precisely. you might know this. only months ago, she was asked about the constitution. it was not that surprising because she said that the american constitution, if she were designing a
john boehner said his favorite part is we hold these truths to be self-evident. don't laugh, sir. exactly. precisely right. i had huge blind spottings. if you drilled befome before th started the project, i would probably agree if you told me the constitution say it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. what i have done here in bringing light to the constitution, people will look back at the actual constitution, see what it actually says, so the next time they might know it....
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boehner. now it's demagoguing on the republicans on medicare. he's going to have to go back around again and face this if he wants to do long-term entitlement reform. he's going to have to sell the same kind of medicare cuts that he once proposed, demagogued against and go back and sell. >> it's crazy. >> not to mention the woodward book that went through, in a piece that he hopes. >> and then john boehner has to go back to his all members in congress who had 30-second ads run against him for, quote, cutting medicare, proposing to cut medicare, and he'll say, now, listen, i know we talked about a grand bargain before, and i know that the president proposed these cuts to medicare and then he demagogued them on the campaign trail, but we need you to do it again. there's no trust in washington because of this stuff, steve. >> none, none. but, look. it's going to require politicians, some politicians may be willing to lay down their careers for the country. i know it's a rare concept, but it's a s
boehner. now it's demagoguing on the republicans on medicare. he's going to have to go back around again and face this if he wants to do long-term entitlement reform. he's going to have to sell the same kind of medicare cuts that he once proposed, demagogued against and go back and sell. >> it's crazy. >> not to mention the woodward book that went through, in a piece that he hopes. >> and then john boehner has to go back to his all members in congress who had 30-second ads run...